MetalJigsaw:
You know him too well that he knows everything and can never be wrong, right?
Bros try and be honest na.

andrew444:


In what time did awaziem played as a box to box MD?

or you don turn pep wey dey convert player ?

gamaliel9:
Swansea hehe those Ghanaians[Ayew brothers] brought their bad mouth and bad luck join there

Certitude:

Rohr still got nothing on Keshi. Let him get past the WC second round first, then we can label him 'death"

Icon4s:


There are certain people I have held discussions with on here for many years. I know the depth of their knowledge about Nigerian football. For such a person to say Siasia discovered Mikel, when he/she is aware that Mikel featured Under Eguavoen at the U17 WC and also probably know that Henry Nwosu was the U17 coach that was fired before Eguavoen was appointed. You should know it was a slip of the fingers to say Siasia discovered Mikel.

Supersunny2:


Ehe complete the analysis for us na bro. How many matches has Ighalo played for super eagles & how many goals scored? And then bring Nacho own make we see...

Humility017:


I never insist we give the middle to the crots..but rather we concentrate on the wings......more.

Icon4s:


I just feel for Swansea sha. I don't want them relegated.

I would rather prefer Huddersfield to be relegated. But Huddersfield were in second position at a point in time in the league. They probably thought they had arrived.

safarigirl:
oh?

Argentina should also see doom ahead, nobody on the team is better than Messi

Same goes for Portugal. Who is better than CR7 there?

Egypt should also be terrified, Salah is their best player



How good were we when the likes of Yakubu and Enyeama were our best players? Is Mikel so woeful that he cannot be our best player?


On what ground should we be doomed if Mikel is our best player? Has he done anything to signify that he cannot hold the mantle when necessary?


I want to understand why we should be doomed if Mikel is our best as opposed to Moses? What does Moses bring that others cannot as compared to what Mikel brings?

Kog45:
I can tell you very few knew Henry Nwosu discovered Mikel except the rooted guys.

If not for you i will not know but i remember Henry Nwosu led the team to Ilorin on training tour.

Ok who discovered Enyeama, Ejide,Aiyenugba and Osaze.

BascoVanVeli:


Please go and watch Victor under Rohr he is always tracking back and doing defensive duties. So wingback is no difference. He can bomb forward and one of our midfielders can slide in and cover for him.

pelezico:
Mikel is a good player but at his age are you seriously saying that he's our best? I'm not here to argue I'm just worried that Nigeria will flop hard if the other players don't produce some majick

Mikel is past his best surely. We can't and shouldn't depend on him alone. Argentina and Portugal are not Nigeria. What I mean is that they at least have players who play regular football for good clubs. Our boys do not. This is not the 94 team were we had players who had flare. This team did excellently in the qualifiers and I thought that Mikel with his penchant to hold on tho the ball in midfield was hindering the team. Were he excelled was when he was in attack. There he is extremely dangerous.

I'm concerned that's all I'm not critiquing or shilling I just ....... Want to turn up to Nigeria v England on June 2nd and see Nigeria become the first African team to whoop England. I don't want to be embarrassed

Surely you understand

i disagree that mikel have past his best. he still have alot to offer the team which was evident during the qualifiers and against argentina. his wealth of experience helps this young team alot. for me i dont tip him as the teams best player but the fulcrum of the team. victor moses and alex iwobi are the teams best who can produce magic in russia.

Kog45:
I can tell you very few knew Henry Nwosu discovered Mikel except the rooted guys.

Ok who discovered Enyeama, Ejide,Aiyenugba and Osaze.

BascoVanVeli:


Why are you talking like this? Do any of those players play wingback for club? It would not affect our attack, it will only make us better.

Icon4s:


Hahaha.

On your second paragraph I know you expect me to mention Onigbinde. But we have known those players before they got invited to the national team. He didn't discover them.

Henry Nwosu picked an unknown Mikel from the Plateau United feeder team. That is the discovery we are talking about.

All those goalies you mentioned there were already regulars in the NPL. Aiyenugba was a deputy to Enyeama at Enyimba. Ejide was the number 1 goalkeeper at Gabros international where he had won almost 100 caps before being invited to the Super Eagles camp in 2002.

On Osaze, he was already at Lokomotiv muscow before Onigbinde gave him an invite to the Super Eagles camp prio to 2002 WC. That is not discovery.Hahaha.

Humility017:

and he can't even make the first team for that Belgium division 2 club and some peeps are hanging on the guise of experience to squeeze him into the super eagles...Russia party.

Icon4s:

...you just feel like.... But you have not requested.

Icon4s:

...you just feel like.... But you have not requested.

Icon79:
Bros, do you need my account details too? I am sure that my bank account would definitely appreciate that golden touch of yours.

Abeg, lemme know ASAP


O pari

Icon79:
Actually, I wasn't talking about their positions, I was talking about their natural abilities. Hence, I used the word "naturally".
If you watch the Argentina friendly, you'll realize that Ebuehi overlaps much more than Shehu and also have the ability to track back effortlessly. As a matter of fact, that's the area where I rated him much more than Shehu.


O pari

MetalJigsaw:
What do you mean he can bomb forward. Don't you know that a wingback is basically saddled with two responsibilities at once- both defending and attacking? Such player will only have a minimum chance to "bomb" forward? A Victor Moses that is supposed to lead our attack at full stretch... haba...

charlesemeka85:


Osage wasn't in locomotive Moscow then but la louvere in the Belgian league where he moved on to Lille in France

Joebie:
Echiejile played for the first team of Cercle Brugge na.

charlesemeka85:
On loan Leicester City forward Ahmed Musa could be on his way back to the English Premier League with Brighton and Hove Albion interested in his services.

Owngoalnigeria.com gathered that Brighton have been tracking him for some time, and they were even close to signing him on loan from Leicester City in January before he decided on a return to CSKA Moscow.

At CSKA Moscow, the 25 year old has regained the form that made Leicester splash 16 million euros on him with 5 league goals to his name from just nine games, while in the domestic cup he has a goal to his name, same as in the Europa League where he played six games.

Brighton have been impressed with his performance and they are hoping to thrash out a deal that could see him return to the Premier League at the end of his loan deal with the Russian side.

Musa is among the few players who are almost certain to make the squad of Nigeria for the World Cup in Russia later this year, and it could delay a decision on his future.

MetalJigsaw:
Then who orchestrates the attack?

BascoVanVeli:


We have Mikel for that. Playing Victor at wing back does nothing but make the team more dangerous.

Icon4s:


When you gift your midfield away you will lose control of the game, starve your forwards of balls, plus your defense will come under serious threat and will capitulate. Na white washing be that.

The best approach is still to choke up the midfield, and try to shield your defense while also capitalizing on breaks to hit them on the counter.

Icon4s:


Hmm... this could be dicey for him.

Mujtahida:

I think realpoacher made a lot of sense. His proposal is counterintuitive but I think it's better than try to choke the midfield as you suggest.